title: Functioning Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Extension upto the Right Atrium Producing Cushing's Syndrome.
abstract: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis. Surgery is the only curative therapy available and overall 5-year survival for patients who undergo a complete resection is 32% to 48%. They are known to produce intravascular invasion and into the inferior vena cava (IVC) and in rare cases they may reach the right atrium. We report a case of functioning ACC extending into the inferior vena cava and right atrium in a female with Cushing's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Gautam R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.forename: Arawat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pushkarna
keywords: Adrenocortical carcinoma; cushing syndrome; inferior vena cava thrombus; right atrium thrombus